Intro : A - C#m7 - F# - F#7 - D - C#m7 - Bm7 - E

Verse 1:

A            C#m7           F#m
Heaven knows this ain't no Margaret Mitchell
D                  C#m7      Bm7    E
where the oak trees meet the pines
A                     C#m7   F#m
I know it might sound kinda simple
Bm7                          E  
oh but it's mine oh it's mine

A                   C#m7           F#m
Thought I heard a logman cuttin' timber
D          C#m7      Bm7
down the Mississippi line
D             C#m7      Bm7
I'm up the old Tombigbee river
            E
high as the pines, all the time

Chorus:

A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
Elegamment les batos passant
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
ben on la flota vec du van
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
all I'm trying to say is I'm
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7       
never far away from
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7    E
Alabama frame of mind

Verse 2:

A            C#m7           F#m
Jubilation risin' on the bayou
D        C#m7      Bm7   E
celebration in the wind
A            C#m7           F#m
Father Pat gives benediction
Bm7          E  
cross the Coden bridge again

A            C#m7           F#m
Crickets spreadin' rumors by the shoreline
D                  C#m7      Bm7
with the lonesome lady whine
D                  C#m7      Bm7
crab trap full of nothin
                 E        
I'm high as the tide, all the time

Chorus 2:

A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
Elegamment les batos passant
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
ben on la flota vec du van
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
all I'm trying to say is I'm
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7       
never far away from
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7   
Alabama frame of mind
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
all I'm trying to say is I'm
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7       
never far away from
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7    E
Alabama frame of mind

** GUITAR G  O BDA K ** 
A - C#m7 - F#m - C#m7 - D - C#m7 - Bm7 - E
A - C#m7 - F#m - C#m7 - Bm7 - E

Chorus 3

A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
Elegamment les batos passant
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
ben on la flota vec du van
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
all I'm trying to say is I'm
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7       
never far away from
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7   
Alabama frame of mind
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7
all I'm trying to say is I'm
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7       
never far away from
A     C#m7   F#m7     Bm7    E
Alabama frame of mind